Publications

Publications

Dietary transitions and inequalities:

• Research in India using Kantar data found that increased taxes did not appear to affect soft drink consumption 
• Photovoice work in India explored community perceptions of packaged foods
• In South Africa the potential of hampers to be a source of sustainable and healthy food was explored
• In the UK a study of plant-based alternative foods found that their consumption has increased in recent years, particularly among women and younger age groups
• SHEFS research found that meeting the 5-a-day target in the UK by consuming more fruit and vegetables could not only improve population health but also reduce environmental footprints:

Adaptations to climate change (with a focus on neglected and underutilised species)

• A South African study explored dietary and agricultural adaptations to drought among smallholder farmers and found a shift away from animal-source foods

• Research in South Africa has investigated the suitability for growing various neglected species and found that South Africa has huge potential for growing varieties that would be drought and stress tolerant:

• A further study explored factors influencing the extent to which these crops could be commercialised:

• Qualitative work has also been undertaken to delve deeper into the identities of some of these crops:

Livestock systems:

• Work in South Africa has explored opportunities for policy intervention to help smallholder producers, and explored links with sustainability, nutrition and health:
  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.670756/full

      https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.650469/full

Work of global relevance:

• SHEFS methodological and scenario work has included a scoping review of adaptation strategies and health, a media analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on chicken systems, and an operationalisation of the water-energy-food nexus:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac092c

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/16/9435

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121006997

• Members of the SHEFS research team have also used their expertise in spatial analysis methods to produce mapping work on irrigated areas and to evaluate land suitability methods:

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/5/876

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/2/125

Hungry for change: fixing the failures in food.

House of Lords Paper 85. Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment – SHEFS contributed to this report. 2020.

The natural capital framework for sustainably efficient and equitable decision making.

Nature Sustainability. BATEMAN, I. J. & MACE, G. M.  2020.

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  Exposure to waste sites and their impact on health: a panel and geospatial analysis of nationally representative data from South Africa, 2008–2015.

  The Lancet Planetary Health, 4, e223-e234. TOMITA, A., CUADROS, D. F., BURNS, J. K., TANSER, F. & SLOTOW, R. 2020.

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  Soil nutrition, microbial composition and associated soil enzyme activities in KwaZulu-Natal grasslands and savannah ecosystems soils.

  Applied Soil Ecology, 155. ZUNGU, N. S., EGBEWALE, S. O., OLANIRAN, A. O., PÉREZ-FERNÁNDEZ, M. & MAGADLELA, A. 2020.

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  Which practices co‐deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?*

  Global Change Biology. SMITH, P., CALVIN, K., NKEM, J., CAMPBELL, D., CHERUBINI, F., GRASSI, G., KOROTKOV, V., LE HOANG, A., LWASA, S., MCELWEE, P., NKONYA, E., SAIGUSA, N., SOUSSANA, J. F., TABOADA, M. A., MANNING, F. C., NAMPANZIRA, D., ARIAS-NAVARRO, C., VIZZARRI, M., HOUSE, J., ROE, S., COWIE, A., ROUNSEVELL, M. & ARNETH, A. 2019.

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  The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate.

  The Lancet, 394, 1836-1878. WATTS, N., AMANN, M., ARNELL, N., AYEB-KARLSSON, S., BELESOVA, K., BOYKOFF, M., BYASS, P., CAI, W., CAMPBELL-LENDRUM, D., CAPSTICK, S., CHAMBERS, J., DALIN, C., S., QUINN, R. ET AL. 2019.

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  Consumer Perceptions and Acceptability of Traditional Dishes Prepared with Provitamin A-Biofortified Maize and Sweet Potato.

   Nutrients, 11. GOVENDER, L., PILLAY, K., SIWELA, M., MODI, A. T. & MABHAUDHI, T.  2019.

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  Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data.

  Weather and Climate Extremes, 26. MPANDELI, S., NHAMO, L., MOELETSI, M., MASUPHA, T., MAGIDI, J., TSHIKOLOMO, K., LIPHADZI, S., NAIDOO, D. & MABHAUDHI, T.  2019.

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  The future of environmental sustainability labelling on food products.

  The Lancet Planetary Health, 4, e137-e138. BROWN, K. A., HARRIS, F., POTTER, C. & KNAI, C. 2020.

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  A Review of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa and the Implications for more Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems

  Sustainability. AKINOLA, R., PEREIRA, L. M., MABHAUDHI, T., DE BRUIN, F.-M. & RUSCH, L.   2020.

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  Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for undernutrition and obesity among children (<5 years) in South Africa, 2008–2017: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal panel survey

  BMJ Open. SARTORIUS, B., SARTORIUS, K., GREEN, R., LUTGE, E., SCHEELBEEK, P., TANSER, F., DANGOUR, A. D. & SLOTOW, R.  2020.

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  The health case for urgent action on climate change.

  BMJ. HAINES, A. & SCHEELBEEK, P.  2020.

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  Is agricultural engagement associated with lower incidence or prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular disease risk factors? A systematic review of observational studies from low- and middle-income countries

  PLOS One. SØRENSEN, T. B., MATSUZAKI, M., GREGSON, J., KINRA, S., KADIYALA, S., SHANKAR, B. & DANGOUR, A. D.  2020.

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  Potential yield challenges to scale-up of zero budget natural farming.

  Nature Sustainability. SMITH, J., YELURIPATI, J., SMITH, P. & NAYAK, D. R.  2020.

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  Dietary recommendations in Spain –affordability and environmental sustainability?

  Journal of Cleaner Production, 254. GONZÁLEZ-GARCÍA, S., GREEN, R. F., SCHEELBEEK, P. F., HARRIS, F. & DANGOUR, A. D. 2020.

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  What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis.

  Global Food Security, 24. CHOUDHURY, S., SHANKAR, B., ALEKSANDROWICZ, L., TAK, M., GREEN, R., HARRIS, F., SCHEELBEEK, P. & DANGOUR, A. 2020.

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  Multidimensional characterization of global food supply from 1961 to 2013.

  Nature Food, 1, 70-75.  BENTHAM, J., SINGH, G. M., DANAEI, G., GREEN, R., LIN, J. K., STEVENS, G. A., FARZADFAR, F., BENNETT, J. E., DI CESARE, M., DANGOUR, A. D. & EZZATI, M . 2020.

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  Impacts of Global Food Systems on Biodiversity and Water: The Vision of Two Reports and Future Aims.

  One Earth, 1, 298-302. DALIN, C. & OUTHWAITE, C. L. 2019.

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  The impact of environmental changes on the yield and nutritional quality of fruits, nuts and seeds: a systematic review.

  Environmental Research Letters. ALAE-CAREW, C., NICOLEAU, S., BIRD, F., HAWKINS, P., TUOMISTO, H., HAINES, A., DANGOUR, A. & SCHEELBEEK, P. 2019.

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  Sustainable Diet Dimensions. Comparing Consumer Preference for Nutrition, Environmental and Social Responsibility Food Labelling: A Systematic Review.

  Sustainability, 11. Tobi, R. C. A, Harris, F, Rana, R, Brown, K. A, Quaife, M. & Green, R. 2019.

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  Potential impact on prevalence of obesity in the UK of a 20% price increase in high sugar snacks: modelling study

  British Medical Journal, 366.Pauline F D Scheelbeek. Laura Cornelsen. Theresa M Marteau. Susan A Jebb. Richard D Smith. 2019.

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  Awakening from the listeriosis crisis: Food safety challenges, practices and governance in the food retail sector in South Africa

  Food Control, 333-342. S Boatemaa, M Barney, S Drimie, J Harper, L Korsten, L Pereira. 2019.

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  Purchase trends of processed foods and beverages in urban India

  Global Food Security, 191-204. C Law, R Green, S Kadiyala, BShankar, C Knai, K Brown, A Dangour, L Cornelsen. 2019.

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  Challenges for health in the Anthropocene epoch (Editorial)

  British Medical Journal, 364, l460. A. Haines, P. Scheelbeek and K. Abbasi. 2019.

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  Future diets in India: A systematic review of food consumption projection studies

  Global Food Security, 23, 182-190. C. Alae-Carew, F.A. Bird, S. Choudhury, F. Harris, L. Aleksandrowicz, J. Milner, E.J.M. Joy, S. Agrawal, A.D. Dangour and R. Green. December 2019.

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  Improving the dietary Vitamin A content of rural communities in South Africa by replacing non-biofortified white maize and sweet potato with biofortified maize and sweet potato in traditional dishes.

  Nutrients, 11 (6), 1198. L. Govender, K. Pillay, M. Siwela, A. Modi and T. Mabhaudhi. 2019.

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  “More crop per drop”: Exploring India’s cereal water use since 2005.

  Science of the Total Environment, 673, 207-217. B. Kayatz, F. Harris, J. Hillier, T. Adhya, C. Dalin, D. Nayak, R. Green, P. Smith and A.D. Dangour. 2019.

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  Environmental change and fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds: what is the gap to bridge?

  The Science Breaker (www.thesciencebreaker.org). C. Alae-Carew and P. Scheelbeek. 2019.

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  Environmental impacts of dietary shifts in India: A modelling study using nationally representative data.

  Environ International, 126, 207-215. L. Aleksandrowicz, R. Green, E.J.M. Joy, F. Harris, J. Hillier, S.H. Vetter, P. Smith, B. Kulkarni, A.D. Dangour and A. Haines. 2019.

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  Major depression and household food insecurity among individuals with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in South Africa.

  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54 (3), 387-393. A. Tomita, S. Ramlall, T. Naidu, S.S. Mthembu, N. Padayatchi and J.K. Burns. 2019.

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  Spatial structure of depression in South Africa: A longitudinal panel survey of a nationally representative sample of households.

  Scientific Reports, 9, 979. D.F. Cuadros, A. Tomita, A. Vandormael, R. Slotow, J.K. Burns and F. Tanser. 2019.

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  Mainstreaming underutilized indigenous and traditional crops into food systems: A South African perspective.

  Sustainability, 11. T. Mabhaudhi, T. Chibarabada, V. Chimonyo, V. Murugani, L. Pereira, N. Sobratee, L. Govender, R. Slotow and A. Modi. 2018.

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  Sustainable food systems: A health perspective.

  Sustainability Science, 13, 1505-1517. E. Lindgren, F. Harris, A.D. Dangour, A. Gasparatos, M. Hiramatsu, F. Javadi, B. Loken, T. Murakami, P. Scheelbeek and A. Haines. 2018.

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  Effect of environmental changes on vegetable and legume yields and nutritional quality.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, 6804-6809. P. Scheelbeek, F.A. Bird, H.L. Tuomisto, R. Green, F.B. Harris, E.J.M. Joy, Z. Chalabi, E. Allen, A Haines and A.D. Dangour. 2018.

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  Maximizing the public health benefits from climate action (Viewpoint).

  Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 3852-3853. G.D. Thurston, S. De Matteis, K. Murray, P. Scheelbeek, N. Scovronick, M. Budolfson, D. Spears and P. Vineis. 2018.

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  Climate Change and Agriculture – POSTNOTE –

  https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PN-0600 .

  The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (SHEFS contributed to this POST note)

  https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PN-0600#fullreport

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  SHEFS Policy Brief 3: Pathways to Five-a-Day and Biodiversity 

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  The Potential Impact of Brexit on Fruit and Vegetable Prices in the UK

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  SHEFS Policy Brief 2: Pathways to Five-a-Day

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  SHEFS Policy Brief 1:Is the UK’s supply of fruit and vegetables future proof?

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  An overview of SHEFS

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  One-page Summary – The Food Foundation, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and SHEFS Written Submission to Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment

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  Policy Briefing – Mainstreaming of Neglected and Underutilised Species in South Africa 

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  SHEFS – Photovoice Case Study, Birmingham – Our Food Story

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  SHEFS – Future food in India